Commissioner directs transparent distribution of free wheat flour to deserving families.

GUJRANWALA -- On the instructions of the Punjab government, measures are being finalized to provide free wheat flour to the poor and deserving families registered under the Income Support Programme during the holy month of Ramadan.

While presiding over a video link meeting, Commissioner Gujranwala Division Naveed Haider Shirazi issued instructions to deputy commissioners and other officers concerned to make the best arrangements for distribution of free wheat flour to the deserving families under a transparent and simple procedure. The commissioner made it clear that special care should be taken for the convenience and self-respect of those who come to get flour.

The commissioner said that providing all possible relief to the poor families was the main priority of the Punjab government. He said, in Ramadan, 10 million people from across the province including Gujranwala division would benefit from this pro-poor facility of 64 billion subsidy.

He said that the registration had been started from...